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Visbion provides image management technology for CliniSys pathology solution
Visbion has been invited by CliniSys , Europe’s largest dedicated pathology solutions provider, to join the newly launched Diagnostic Alliance. The Diagnostic Alliance has been formed to offer pathology services direct access, through a single delivery organisation, to a complementary portfolio of innovative solutions that further enhance their investment in pathology IT.
Visbion’s proven technology can be fully integrated into the pathology IT system to provide labs with digital pathology and virtual microscopy. Using International medical standards, secure and rapid image acquisition, storage, display and transfer is enabled for enhanced MDT and diagnostic review.
Stefan Claesen, Visbion’s CEO said “Our expertise is in working with each and every department within a hospital and creating a tailored image management solution and workflow that suits their very specific need. The Diagnostic Alliance represents an innovative and refreshing approach to delivering an enhanced pathology service and we are delighted to be involved.”
Visbion's image management technology installed in GP Practice
Visbion’s technology is being employed by The Grange Medical Centre to store, transfer and display X-ray images taken in the imaging suite at the GP practice in Hemsworth, West Yorkshire.
Visbion’s solution enables double reporting of the images within 24hours, by the radiographer on-site and by a radiologist who can access the images using Visbion’s web based Tele-radiology portal.
James Harcus, Advanced Practitioner and Head of Department at Grange Medical said “We operate a self-contained unit here and Visbion’s technology has helped make that possible as we can view and report our x-rays from anywhere before archiving them securely on-site.”
The introduction of PACS has further expanded the services offered, outreach orthopaedic clinics are now located at the practice and orthopaedic consultants can view their x-rays in the consultation rooms immediately after acquisition.
Mark O’Herlihy, Visbion’s Commercial Director said “We are delighted that The Grange Medical Centre has chosen Visbion as their PACS provider, it is important in the current market to be able to provide robust solutions to GP’s and primary care providers to ensure they can grow their organisations in line with patient care.
Visbion hosts inaugural International Partner Meeting
Foxhills Resort Hotel and Golf Course in Surrey provided the picturesque setting for Visbion's inaugural International Partner Meeting in January.
Distributors from the UK, Ireland, Europe, Middle East and Asia attended the meeting to find out what Visbion has planned for the year ahead. With an opening address by Visbion's Chairman Richard Kitney, Haydn Knight, Global Channel Manager and Mark O'Herlihy, Commercial Director went on to present Visbion's new products and initiatives, all designed to enhance mutual growth through the partner network and across all markets - healthcare, veterinary and life sciences.
An open forum at the end of the day was designed to encourage feedback from the guests and provided an opportunity to share their thoughts openly and to raise any issues or outstanding questions.
"The Partner Meeting is very much about two way communication" said Haydn Knight. "We want to hear what Visbion is doing well and as importantly, what we could do better. Our aim is to continue to build strong and successful partnerships with each and every one of our distributors and provide them with first class support and service"
Nanno Mulder, AIS Information Services, Holland commented “This was a unique experience and very valuable, I learnt a lot about Visbion and their plans for the future. They are an innovative and exciting company to work with and this is what makes our relationship so successful”.
After a lively dinner and a night in the luxurious hotel, the Visbion Partner Golf Challenge took place the following day on Foxhills' 18 hole championship course. The winner of the day was Aiden O'Reilly, MD of Medray Imaging Systems, Ireland.
Visbion completes pioneering cardiac image and data sharing project for North of England Cardiovascular Network
The North of England Cardiovascular Network (NECVN) has completed a ground-breaking project, developing a network wide approach to the electronic transfer of cardiac data for imaging, Echo, ECG, angiography and associated cardiac data between remote hospital sites.
To deliver secure and rapid storage, bi-directional transfer and viewing of cardiac data for the nine acute Trusts in the network, Visbion’s innovative technology solutions have been installed, connecting disparate image management systems within each hospital and creating a full audit trail.
The Visbion solution is built around the versatile Image Cube and utilises other Visbion software components to provide a tailored regional solution which is sensitive to local workflow. Some of the Trusts involved have also taken the opportunity to install dedicated storage solutions or to introduce a full Visbion IPACS for Cardiology.
Since June 2010, over 3500 patients have been archived in the Visbion system and images can be accessed and viewed from any workstation in any networked hospital. All Trusts are now able to transfer examinations to Referral Centres and the Multi Disciplinary Team meetings are now greatly facilitated by being able to view shared images from remote locations.
Now the need for images to be saved to CD and sent has been eliminated, the Trusts are realising significant cost savings and improved efficiency, ultimately leading to improved cardiac care for the 3.2 million population covered by NECVN. A full audit trail of data transfer can help business managers and clinicians understand their workload in a way that wasn’t previously possible. As the Visbion solution can be leveraged for all medical imaging transfer, this greater enhances the importance of data transfer to the clinicians.
Peter Mercer, Director of the North of England Cardiovascular Network acknowledged that the issue of data image transfer had been a longstanding issue for all provider Trusts in the North East: “The Visbion project demonstrated the need for all provider Trusts to work together in a coordinated manner to resolve the problem. Patient care will benefit significantly in terms of speed of clinician access to high quality data imaging and storage. The ability to do away with copying images to CD and transferring them between Provider trusts at significant cost and delay cannot be underestimated. I am very pleased the project was delivered within scope and budget, our patients are already benefitting from this technology and I am very pleased to have partnered with Visbion in achieving this.”
The NECVN solution has truly proved that direct engagement between suppliers and end users, provides a robust and clinically beneficial solution. Cost savings from this innovative solution has greatly benefited the cardiac network and can be used to further enhance care across the North of England.
Further information on this project can be found at http://www.necvn.nhs.uk/content.aspx?id=946
Visbion’s innovative technology chosen by WABA
Visbion is delighted to be collaborating with WABA to further enhance Medical Image Manager (MIM), WABA’s market leading solution.
WABA and Visbion are now able to offer a joint solution which allows for ophthalmology, endoscopy and other imaging to be stored and displayed in MIM. Visbion’s innovative DICOM interface uses proven technology to further enhance the capability of the WABA solution.
The integrated solution means that clinicians can view ophthalmic DICOM images alongside other traditional image, video and audio formats in a browser based system, EPR or clinical portal.
Until now, the ability to access these disparate file types through a common interface has been limited. Imaging represents an ever increasing element of the Patient Record and as such is highly influential in clinical decisions. The requirement is of particular relevance to ophthalmology and associated specialisms for more focussed patient treatment.
“Visbion is delighted to be working with WABA. By leveraging our DICOM interface, MIM can now handle images from all types of capture devices and allows access to those images through a single, web based interface” said Mark O’Herlihy, Visbion’s Commercial Director.
Stefan Claesen, Visbion's CEO commented “The collaboration between WABA and Visbion has produced a best in class solution. There are some very exciting business opportunities in the UK as well as in Australia and other overseas markets and we look forward to a highly successful partnership.”
Chris Wilde, WABA Director, agreed “We see the integration of two market leading solutions as a key development in the provision of seamless clinical imaging information to Healthcare Professionals. We’re looking forward to an innovative and very productive partnership."
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